Category: NaNoWriMo

This is my first post since completing NaNoWriMo on November 21st. This is also the first thing I’ve written since NaNo ended. I’ve had my eyes open about many things taking part this year, but when the final word count tallied and I received my winner’s badge, the only thing on which I could focus was how NaNoWriMo kicked my ass. I don’t know if it was writing at an increased pace, writing every free…

Since we’re closing in on NaNoWriMo in November, we’ll use that event for the purpose of this epic morsel of motivation. However, this works for Camp NaNoWriMo, JulNoWriMo or any writing event. November is approaching faster than winter in a George R. R. Martin novel. With so many new writers participating in NaNoWriMo this year with the wide-eyes and itchy fingers, I wanted to be the first to give you a pre-NaNo pep talk. I bet you’re…

I’m cursed. I have to be. There is nothing else to explain it. Why does something tragic happen during NaNoWriMo every odd-number year? Back in 2011, my second year attempting NaNo, I succumbed to the sophomore curse. After a breakout year in 2010, I stumbled through a series of pitfalls, bad scheduling and work. I chalked it up to a bad outing and went on with my writing life. In 2013, after bouncing back and…

With NaNoWriMo coming, I need to make as much time for writing as I can. This isn’t much of a problem at home as my kids are either adults or old enough to be self sustaining for a month, but work is another issue. What can I say I’m popular. Not really, it’s more that I’m the go to monkey for everything from office supplies to printer mishaps. During the normal work day, it’s not…

With NaNoWriMo over, it’s time for me to take a minute to rest the brain before getting back to work with Racing the Rain. Had a better time this year, than I had last. Having a week off to focus on Ascension into Darkness was good, but next year, I will take two weeks off. It’s hard to get that large chunk of time off, but the way I see it, I put in a…